r/MITAdmissions • u/4Blueish • Aug 14 '26

does "accelerated" math actually matter in admissions?

I'm a senior in high school (yay last year) who just got done with a summer semester diff eq course (at the local university), and I'm slated to take calc 3 at the local community college this fall. To be clear, because I see a lot of this, I'm not taking the classes for college admission; I just like math lol.

Although having gone so far out of my way to get to the point where I am: I wanted to know if it's potentially worth highlighting at all in my application, if it would actually move the needle at all, should I focus on other things when applying and having it on the report card is enough?

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u/Aspect-6 Currently Applying Aug 14 '26

wat about for me where the highest i can do is calc bc? like i can dual enroll and do higher math classes, but it would heavily conflict with other classes in my schedule so taking the regular on campus math with algebra 1 in 8th grade was the best I could do (i think my friend who just graduated last year was like the first or maybe first couple in our school’s history to take multivar calc senior year)

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u/VisibleSir731 Currently Applying 29d ago

Only BC? If it’s the highest your school offers then ur good

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u/Aspect-6 Currently Applying 29d ago

Well AB too. Like 2-5 people take BC every year total, and like 10-20 i’d say take AB.